HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU 1524-1550
signed Hardcover
1957 · Mexico City
by PRESCOTT, William Henry
Mexico City: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown. A small rubbed spot on the spine, but none of the darkening typical for this title. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Everett Gee Jackson. Tall quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in full Mexican marbled sheepskin leather with matching red morocco spine labels stamped in gold. Illustrated with attractive color drawings by Everett Gee Jackson with the color applied in Mexico City. Copy #1175 of 1500 SIGNED by the printer and designer, Harry Block, and by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. (Inventory #: 019184)